Brainstorm

Sound/Music

Pace – The pace of the music during the chorus is faster than for each verse. This represents the fast pace of Vegas and the idea of the characters being in a bad situation for the verse. We will represent this in the video by fastening the pace for the chorus. I.e. The character is walking slowly but as soon as the beat drops and the chorus kicks in, the character starts running. This will create a good visual representation of the song for the audience and match the pace well.

The theme of the song is that the characters are in Vegas and have got themselves into a bad situation. The video will represent this idea, and represent Vegas as much as possible with bright colours, and the eccentricities of Vegas.


Mise – en Scene

With a theme like Vegas, Mise en Scene is hugely important. Vegas has a world renowned image and it’s important that we incorporate this into our video. For the opening scene we could get footage of a room covered in drinks bottles, clothes, money and lots of different things that represent the image of Vegas and set the scene. The movie “The Hangover” is a good example of the type of Mise -en Scene I want to incorporate and I will upload a clip that shows this.

Another hugely important feature of Vegas is costumes. The costumes in the music videos will be as bright and glamorous as possible. The video will have an opulence about it which is a huge factor of Vegas. One of the lyrics in the song goes “dressed up like Elvis”, for this lyric I’m hoping to have someone dressed up in an Elvis costume to give a really good visual to the audience.

Locations

Again, with a theme like Vegas, location is hugely important. Vegas is known for being very lively and full of lights, clubs and casinos, and we need to portray this image as well as possible. The west end in London, would be the perfect place for filming as its always busy and lit up. I want to get one particular piece of footage where there are thousands of people walking around and fasten it up. This will give the audience a good image in their mind of the buzz of the place and give them a real feel of the atmosphere.